POWTECH 2017

Under the heading “Inspiring Powder Solution” GEA will showcase at POWTECH (Hall 3A, Booth 312) its scope of expertise for powder, granule and bulk solids technologies. You can expect a wide range of technologies and innovations, like the Pathfinder GMP centrifuge skid and the modified MOBILE MINOR™ MM-100 spray dryer. Let’s meet at POWTECH and discover our wide range of solutions in solid and liquid processing.

From food to feed, pharmaceutical to chemistry, from ceramics, minerals and hard metals to battery material and base for high-quality plastics, POWTECH provides an ideal platform for our innovative and cross-application approach to standard and custom-designed plant and machinery and service.

Three main reasons to attend:

Learn all about GEA’s offerings to the Powder industry

Get ‘hands on’ with our products and take part in "live" demonstrations

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Our experts will be available throughout the event to discuss your specific product and application

Pathfinder GMP – centrifuge skid for test centers and pilot plants

The GEA separator skid in the sophisticated compact format for pharmaceutical applications requires little space in the technical centre and, thanks to its sensible design, reliably fulfils even the most demanding technical tasks. You can easily scale the results to any desired production size with no problem. As such, the full functionality of large pharmaceutical centrifuges is available to you in the simplest way, allowing you to concentrate fully on the creative development of your products.

The GEA pathfinder GMP is exceptionally easy to operate. The complete preparation, use and maintenance make the smallest possible demands on your team. The system arrives in the technical centre ready for instant use, pre-installed with all connections and control modules in one compact unit that fi ts even through a 900-mm door.

The plant is the first of its type to be equipped with a package of GMP basic certificates for optimal fulfilment of hygiene requirements. From there on, there is nothing standing in the way of your next product success.

GEA pathfinder GMP at a glance

Complete functionality of large pharmaceutical centrifuges

Cost-effective, compact, time-saving, straightforward

Production results that can be scaled with no problem

Inclusive package of GMP basic certificates

20,000 g for reliably separation of the finest particles even with slight density differences

three bowl sizes at a flow rate of 15 l/h – 300 l/h.

MOBILE MINOR™ Spray Dryer with highly efficient powder separation

Offering an improved design but maintaining the same compact footprint, the MM-100 spray dryer from GEA, equipped with the new and highly efficient cyclone CEE (Cyclone Extra Efficiency), is the newest addition to the MOBILE MINOR™

The newly developed cyclone CEE offers a higher separation efficiency, which increases the yield and reduces emission. In real life tests, the CEE powder separation efficiency was verified as being considerably higher than the efficiency of standard cyclones. All comparisons were made with the same pressure loss over the units. The efficiency was tested for a range of particle sizes, air flows and powder loadings and superior performance was verified for all combinations.

Installed in almost 2400 plants worldwide, the cross-application MOBILE MINOR™ spray dryer is robust, reliable and versatile. It is easy to use, clean and move and an ideal basis for up-scaling a new process.

Further special features of the MOBIE MINOR™:

Process gas flow up to 100 kg/h at 200 °C for increased capacity

Accurate gas disperser for minimizing powder deposits

High capacity HEPA filters for baby food or hazardous chemical applications available

Powder collection glasses in sizes from 250–3500 mL can be supplied as standard.

The universal gas disperser for the rotary atomizer as well as the two-fluid nozzle can easily be exchanged with an optional low velocity gas disperser — which has a similar flow pattern to the DPH gas dispersers used in larger PHARMASD™ spray dryers — for nozzle atomization.

Chemical

SPRAYEYE™ Nozzle Monitoring System

The SPRAYEYE™ camera system is designed to monitor the nozzle systems in spray dryers. Cameras located in the spray dryer’s air disperser offer clients a choice of either a visual or infrared monitoring solution.

The visual system can be used to monitor spray dispersal and identify nozzle leaks or Identify product build-up on the spray nozzles.

The infrared system provides continuous data and heat variation images of the air disperser and nozzles. The formation of a dangerous smouldering lump in this area will lead to a temperature increase and the system will alarm the operator.

Admixture of powder in liquid

Conveying and mixing of solid, fluid or granular components is an important step in the processing industry. GEA liquid jet solids pumps convey fluid or granular product by means of a motive liquid. The granular product is admixed to the motive liquid.

The motive liquid flows at a high speed from the motive nozzle into the mixing room of the pump and entrains the product to be conveyed. In the mixing nozzle, a homogeneous admixture of solid matters into the liquid is achieved. In the product tank, one or more jet mixers provide for an even mixing of the complete tank contents.

Food

GEA Hilge CONTRA

GEA’s hygienic Hilge pumps fulfill the growing demand for environmentally compatible processing equipment. The GEA VARIPUMP line, including the GEA Hilge CONTRA, is designed for the use under extreme operating points and advanced conditions.

GEA VESTA® Tank Bottom Valves

They are designed to be fitted to the lowest point of the bottom to shut off the media flush with the tank bottom without any kind of sump. The pocket free design provides complete draining of the tank and optimal CIP/SIP cleaning. Thanks to the robust design of the body, and/or the body connection flange, the valve can be welded into place without any distortion.

Advantages:

Shut-off flush with the tank bottom, without sump

Zero dead space design

Self-draining, even when installed in the side of a tank wall

Reliable CIP/SIP cleaning by means of flow-optimized design

Long service life for the PTFE bellows

Use of standard VESTA® pneumatically and manually driven valve inserts

Easy and safe maintenance

Orbital Cleaner Twister

The orbital tank washer Twister is liquid driven and can be used for mobile or stationary applications. The round jet nozzles rotate in two planes and produce focused high impact jets generating a highly efficient 3D wash pattern. Due to its compact design the orbital cleaner Twister can be fitted through 100 mm / 4 inch insertion openings.

Advantages:

Hygienic and compact design

Ball bearing free

Self-cleaning

FDA conform

Optional ATEX exempt

Economic flow rates

Easy-to-maintain

Reproducible cleaning by monitoring of rotation

GEA SRS Vibration Sifter

The SRS vibration sifter is designed for dairy and food industry applications that require high standards of hygiene and sanitary processing.

Available in closed and highly sanitary designs

For continuous operation

Equipped with two vibration motors, various screen types and cleaning systems

Supplied with large top cover(s) for easy access during cleaning, inspection or when the screen mesh needs to be changed

Clean-in-place (CIP)-compatible versions can be provided on request

VISIOCOVER™

The VISIOCOVER™ cover is designed specifically for the food and dairy industries.

Pharma

Safe, Efficient and Cost-Effective

GEA manufactures a completely integrated range of materials handling equipment for the pharmaceutical and life science industries.

Taking an individual approach to each customer’s needs, and applying our extensive experience in both batch and continuous processing, we combine performance excellence with technological innovation to deliver long-term competitive advantages.

BUCK® UMC Valve

Providing the highest levels of containment and built on the successful BUCK® MC Valve platform, the BUCK® UMC Valve utilizes a vacuum extraction system to provide containment levels down to 0.1 – 1.0 mcg/m³ based on STTWA. The UMC Valve offers a modular containment solution that can be equipped to fit most secondary pharma applications.

BUCK® MC Valve and MC Lite Actuator

Fundamentally different to all other containment valves, the MC Valve moves away from the old passive and active set-up now utilising identical half valves on both container and process equipment to provide containment in the range 1.0-10.0 mcg/m³ STTWA. This step change in split butterfly valve design is supported with the MC Lite Actuator ring. The MC Lite Actuator Ring weighing less than 4kg can be moved around a facility and used to manually dock, lock and open any two BUCK® MC Half Valves improving operational flexibility while reducing initial equipment outlay and ongoing equipment maintenance costs.

GEA PandaPLUS 2000 Homogenizer

The PandaPLUS 2000 is a small table-top laboratory unit, designed for continuous operation at high pressure - the perfect equipment for the processing of nanoparticles, nanodispersions, nanoemulsions and cell disruption.

Full scalability of results

Optimizing the use of pressure

Verifing the homogenization effects on the final product and fining tune the perfect product formulation

High reliability of performance over time

Limited maintenance

Improved performance thanks to Re+VALVE in ceramic or tungsten carbide

GEA Service

GEA Service ‒ For your continued success

Working with GEA Service means partnering with a dedicated team of service experts. We build, maintain and improve our customers’ equipment, process lines and production plants so that every changing requirement is met, and every aspect of their production processes is optimized. Our customers can feel confident that their processing and manufacturing infrastructure will work to help ensure their continued business success throughout the entire life cycle.

Getting you started ‒ Beginning of Life Services with seamless support for instant productivity and performance

Keeping it running ‒ Lifetime Services with the cost-efficient way of ensuring safety and reliability

From unexpected downtime to replacing damaged parts, and from identifying upgrade opportunities to equipment optimization, the Remote Eye Wear provides an array of benefits. It is often said that time is money, and no other industry is under as much pressure as beverage manufacturing to hit deadlines and get product to market. Remote Eye Wear can maximize production time, reduce operational costs, help to deliver quality products and, in the case of incidents or accidents, ensure the health and safety of staff.

Under the heading “Inspiring Powder Solution” GEA will showcase at POWTECH (Hall 3A, Booth 312) its scope of expertise for powder, granule and bulk solids technologies. You can expect a wide range of technologies and innovations, like the Pathfinder GMP centrifuge skid and the modified MOBILE MINOR™ MM-100 spray dryer. Let’s meet at POWTECH and discover our wide range of solutions in solid and liquid processing.

From food to feed, pharmaceutical to chemistry, from ceramics, minerals and hard metals to battery material and base for high-quality plastics, POWTECH provides an ideal platform for our innovative and cross-application approach to standard and custom-designed plant and machinery and service.

Three main reasons to attend:

Learn all about GEA’s offerings to the Powder industry

Get ‘hands on’ with our products and take part in "live" demonstrations